By the Numbers: UFC 150

Benson
Henderson managed to survive the Frankie
Edgar rematch. After five closely contested rounds, “Smooth”
emerged with a narrow split-decision victory to retain his
lightweight title in the UFC
150 main event at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Saturday
night.

Neither fighter was able to gain a definitive advantage over the
course of the 25-minute affair, with the third and fourth rounds
being the most difficult to call. In the end, Henderson’s leg-kick
heavy approach carried him to a win that is likely to be debated by
many in the MMA community for weeks to come.

Much less ambiguous was Donald
Cerrone’s first-round knockout victory over former teammate
Melvin
Guillard in the evening’s co-feature. After being hurt by a
left hand from Guillard early, Cerrone landed a glancing head kick
to wobble his foe before finishing the deal with a straight right
hand. Here is a by-the-numbers look at UFC 150.

3: Rounds in which Edgar landed more significant strikes
than Henderson. The former lightweight champion outlanded “Smooth”
in rounds one (11 to 7), three (15 to 13) and four (17 to 15).
Overall, the New Jersey native outlanded Henderson 66 to 62 in
significant strikes over the course of their 25-minute
encounter.

25: Difference in significant strikes landed by Henderson
against Edgar in their first meeting at UFC 144 (87) and the number
he landed on Saturday night (62). Meanwhile, Edgar’s output was
quite similar, as he landed 68 significant strikes at UFC 144 and
66 at UFC 150.

6: Consecutive Henderson bouts that have gone the distance,
dating back to his loss to Anthony
Pettis in a 155-pound title bout at WEC 53. All five of
Henderson’s UFC bouts have gone to the judges’ scorecards. His last
finish came when he defeated Cerrone via guillotine choke at WEC 48
in 2010.

3-2-1: Record for Edgar in bouts that are scheduled to go
five rounds. All but one of those contests – a fourth-round TKO of
Gray
Maynard at UFC 136 – have gone the full 25 minutes. Edgar had
not lost a title bout until facing Henderson at UF C 144.

2: Takedowns, in six attempts, landed by Edgar. The Ricardo
Almeida Jiu-Jitsu representative scored a takedown in round one
and round four against Henderson, who failed in his sole takedown
attempt in the fight.

42: Career takedowns landed by Edgar, the ninth most in UFC
history. He is four takedowns behind Randy
Couture for No. 8 on the list.

767: Career significant strikes landed by Edgar, which moves
him right above Sam Stout into
seventh place on the UFC’s all-time list.

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Cerrone stopped Guillard in round one.

43: Professional fights, as documented by
the Sherdog.com Fight Finder, without a knockout or technical
knockout loss for Melvin
Guillard. In Guillard’s 44th pro bout, Cerrone become the first
person to knock out “The Young Assassin,” stopping his former
teammate at 1:16 of the opening round of their lightweight
encounter.

4: Significant strikes landed by Cerrone on Saturday night.
It marks the third time in “Cowboy’s” UFC and WEC career that he
has landed less than 10 significant strikes in victory.

12: Knockdowns landed by Guillard during his UFC career,
good for No. 3 among all fighters in the promotion’s history. The
Louisiana native floored Cerrone with a left hand early in the
first round, but was unable to finish the Jackson’s MMA
product.

148: Total strikes landed by Jake Shields
in his unanimous decision triumph against Ed Herman. The
Cesar
Gracie representative outlanded his opponent by 77 strikes and
successfully executed three takedowns in his first middleweight
bout since April 17, 2010.

34: Total strikes by which Yushin Okami
outlanded Buddy
Roberts en route to earning a second-round stoppage against the
Jackson’s MMA product. Okami controlled the fight on the mat,
taking Roberts down three times and passing guard on eight
different occasions.

2: Two first round losses in two UFC appearances for
Tommy
Hayden, who succumbed to a guillotine choke from Dennis
Bermudez at 4:43 of the opening round on Saturday. Previously,
Hayden fell victim to a guillotine choke from Fabricio
Camoes in the first round at UFC on FX 1.

111: Total strikes thrown by Jared
Hamman in the opening round of his loss to Michael
Kuiper. “The Messenger” outlanded his opponent 50 to 36 in the
first frame, but Kuiper had a 29 to 14 edge in total strikes in the
second frame.

17: Seconds needed by Erik Perez to
stop Ken
Stone with strikes, the fastest knockout by a bantamweight in
WEC and UFC history. At just 22 years old, “El Goyito” is one of
the youngest fighters on the UFC roster.